The XFL has carefully plotted its steps to avoid many of the missteps the league made in its first incarnation. That is why it is strange the league will be making its roster announcements right into the teeth of Super Bowl week.
The new league, which will kick off next month, announced Tuesday it will reveal the rosters for the eight teams on Jan. 27 at noon ET.
The XFL will announce official 52-man rosters for each of its eight teams on Monday, Jan. 27 at 12 p.m. ET. https://t.co/uksOLAkFhZ
— XFL (@xfl2020) January 22, 2020
The focus of the football world will be elsewhere at that time, like Miami Gardens, (FL), where the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs will be preparing for Super Bowl Opening Night that evening and where virtually all the assembled football media will be.
Being honest, the interest in roster reveales for XFL 2020 is minimal at best, but this timing will diminish that. It is stranger when you consider FOX’s Joel Klatt says the “talent in the league is unprecedented” on the network’s commercial for the XFL.